replete
filled or well-supplied with something in abundance
Word origin: From Latin replere, to fill up.
Replete in a sentence
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The memoir is replete with vivid anecdotes from her childhood.
The memoir is replete with vivid anecdotes about the writers who frequented the cafe in the 1920s.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “replete” well
Replete means filled or abundantly supplied with something, and it is almost always followed by with. It implies fullness to the point of abundance, not mere presence.
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loosely held together and on the verge of collapse from neglect
bitter, long-lasting resentment or ill will
marked by deep-seated bitterness or hostility
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